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Excursion to St. Paul, Minn, 
JUNE 6th, 1893. 



MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 

CoMMANDERY OF THE StATE OF IlLINOIS. 



Chicago, III., April 5th, 1893. 

Commander and Companions : 

Your Committee to arrange for an excursion to St. Paul, 
to attend the Seventh Quadrennial Congress and Second Grand 
Reunion of the Order, June 7th and 8th, 1893, submit the 
following report and program. 

Invitations to attend this reunion have been accepted 
by all of the Commanderies, and the indications are that there 
will be a large attendance. The Commandery of the State of 
Minnesota are making elaborate preparations for the entertain- 
ment of visiting Companions, and the affair throughout promises 
to be one of the most interesting and enjoyable events in the 
history of the Order. 

The Commandery of the State of Wisconsin have invited 
us to call on them at Milwaukee while en route to St. Paul, and 
will go with us on the trip from there. 



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We have engaged special trains over the Chicago, 
Milwaukee & St. Paul and St. Paul & Duluth Railroads, to be run 
as follows : 

I.eave CHICAGO, - - Tuesday J 

Arr. MILWAUKEE, 

I.eave MILWAUKEE, " 

Arr. ST. PAUL., - - W^ednesday 

Leave ST. PAUL, - - Friday 

Arr. DULUTH, " 

Leave DULUTH, - - Saturday 

Arr. MINNEAPOLIS, " 

Leave MINNEAPOLIS, 

Arr. CHICAGO, - - Sunday 

On the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, June 6th, we 
will meet the Commandery of Wisconsin at their rooms in 
Milwaukee. 

On Wednesday June 7th, the Congress will assemble at 
10 o'clock A. M., in the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce. 

The Headquarters of the Minnesota Commandery will 
be at the Hotel Ryan, St. Paul, on June 7th and 8th, and will be 
the general rendezvous for Companions not otherwise engaged. 

On the evening of June 7th, a meeting in honor of visiting 
Companions will be held in the Metropolitan Opera House. 

On the afternoon of June 8th, an excursion will be made 
to Lake Minnetonka, leaving St. Paul at 1:30 p. m., and return- 
ing at 6 o'clock p. M. 

On the evening of June 8th, the Minnesota Commandery 
will tender a reception to visiting Companions and their ladies, 
at the Hotel Ryan. 

Something of interest will be found to occupy the time 
while at Duluth, and on Saturday afternoon, June loth, visits 
will be made to Minnehaha, Fort Snelling, and other points of 
interest in and near Minneapolis. 

The Hotel Ryan at St. Paul has made a rate of $3.00 per 
day for this occasion, or $3.50 to $4.50 for rooms with bath, 
and other hotels there have made reductions in rates. As soon 
as we can approximate the number to be provided for, suitable 
accommodations for our party will be secured at the principal 
hotels at points named. 



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The necessary cost of this trip will not exceed $35.00. 
The railroad fare has been fixed at one and one-third fares 
($15.35) for the round trip Chicago to St. Paul and return, on 
the certificate plan, which makes it necessary for each person 
to pay full fare going, securing from the ticket agent a certif- 
icate, which must be countersigned by the Recorder at St. Paul, 
and stamped by the ticket agent there to secure a one-third fare 
returning; but to avoid errors and vexations incident to this 
plan, this Committee will secure certificates for those taking the 
special train at Chicago, and return tickets for all who go with 
us on this train. The fare from St. Paul to Duluth and return 
will be $3.00, and sleeping car berths between Chicago and 
St. Paul will cost $2.00 each way. 

All orders and remittances for tickets and accommoda- 
tions on these trains should be addressed to Gen. J. H. Stibbs, 
Room 88, Post Office Building, Chicago, 111. 

Those desiring to make the round trip as indicated above, 
should remit $22.35 for each person. This covers railroad fare 
and berths in sleeper going and returning. Companions who 
do not wish to make the trip to Duluth, may remit $17.35, 
which covers railroad fare Chicago to St. Paul and return and 
berth in sleeper Chicago to St. Paul. 

Any who secure places in this train who find it imprac- 
tical to leave Chicago at the hour named, may, if they prefer, 
take one of the regular later trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee 
& St. Paul road and join our party at Milwaukee. 

Sleeping cars will be at a premium during the World's 
Fair season, and in order to secure the requisite number for this 
trip, it is essential that we shall know not later than May 15th, 
the number of persons to provide for, and to this end we enclose 
a card which we ask you to fill out and return at earliest date 
practicable, stating whether you expect to attend the reunion; 
whether you will make the round trip on special train; whether 
you wish a berth in sleeper secured; whether you will accept an 
upper berth, and whether you wish a room engaged at hotel. 
State number of persons. 




012 195 458 8 



Companions of other Commanderies who may receive 
this circular and who desire to secure accommodations through 
this Committee, should correspond at once with General Stibbs, 
making known their wishes as indicated by above questions, 
and remitting to him the amount stipulated. 

Companions accompanied by ladies are expected to 
engage a full section in the sleeper. Others are requested to 
choose partners, so that reservations may be made by sections. 
Lower berths will be reserved for the infirm and disabled, and 
all who can are requested to signify a willingness to occupy an 
upper berth. Where a full section is engaged it may be occu- 
pied by two or more persons. 

Transportation good on any other train of the C, M. & 
St. P. Railroad will be good on this train. 

Remittances may be made at any time after receipt of 
this circular, and all berths reserved must be paid for on or 
before June ist. 

A postal card receipt for remittances will be sent to all 
who engage places on this train, and this card must be preserved 
and presented when tickets are called for. Tickets will be 
delivered at office of F. A. Miller, Asst. Gen. Passenger Agent 
C, M. & St. P. Railroad, at No. 207 Clark Street, Chicago, 111., 
on or after June 5th, 1893. Return tickets will be handed you 
by General Stibbs on arrival at St. Paul. 

J. H. STIBBS, 
C. E. BLIVEN, 
E. A. BLODGETT, 

Committee. 



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